# CVE-2002-0073: The FTP service in Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0, 5.0 and 5.1 allows attackers who have established an FTP session to cause a denial

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2003-04-02 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The FTP service in Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0, 5.0 and 5.1 allows attackers who have established an FTP session to cause a denial of service via a specially crafted status request containing glob characters.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8801.php
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101901273810598&w=2
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/412203
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0023.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A24
- http://www.osvdb.org/3328
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-018
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A35
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4482
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-09.html
- http://www.digitaloffense.net/msftpd/advisory.txt
- http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/Microsoft-IIS-vulnerabilities-MS02-018.shtml

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